Don't Take a Position in Baker Hughes Company Stocks Without Knowing Its Fundamentals!

By Emilio Sanchez • Tuesday, November 14 15:11 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Industrials company Baker Hughes Company has moved 0.7% so far today on a volume of 7,159,125, compared to its average of 6,682,354. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved 2.0%.

Baker Hughes Company trades -16.41% away from its average analyst target price of $41.54 per share. The 25 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $36.0 to $47.0, and on average have given Baker Hughes Company a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in BKR, you'll want to know the following:

Baker Hughes Company has moved 13.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 14.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 1.67, Baker Hughes Company has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 20.8 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
BKR has a forward P/E ratio of 16.7 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $2.08 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 0.49 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Baker Hughes Company is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.29 compared to its sector average of 3.78
Baker Hughes Company provides a portfolio of technologies and services to energy and industrial value chain worldwide.
Based in Houston, the company has 57,000 full time employees and a market cap of $35.18 Billion. Baker Hughes Company currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.2%.

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